Metro Briefing | New York: Manhattan: Dissent In Memorial Foundation

By DAVID W. DUNLAP (NYT); Compiled by John Sullivan

Published: May 17, 2006

Julie Menin, a director of the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation and the chairwoman of Community Board 1 in Lower Manhattan, objected publicly yesterday to an announcement that the foundation would not solicit any more money until it had a clearer idea of the cost and design of the memorial and museum. Writing to Thomas S. Johnson, the chairman of the foundation's executive committee, Ms. Menin said, ''By suspending fund-raising (and more pointedly by suspending it without a board vote), more doubt and turmoil has been created.'' She called for a vote at the next board meeting. DAVID W. DUNLAP (NYT)